Native to Burma Native speakers 600 (2013) Glottolog pyen1239 | Region Shan State ISO 639-3 pyy | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan
(Tibeto-Burman)
Lolo–Burmese
Loloish
Hanoish
Phunoi–Bisu ?
Pyen | ||
Pyen (Hpyin, Phen) is a Loloish language of Burma. It is spoken in two villages near Mong Yang, Shan State, Burma, just to the north of Kengtung.
Pyen borrows more from Lahu and Shan, while Bisu borrows more from Northern Thai and Standard Thai. Pyen and Bisu are both mutually intelligible, since the two form a dialect chain along with Laomian and Laopin of China, and some Phunoi varieties of Laos (Person 2007).
References
Pyen language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA